{"id":22535,"date":"2022-06-01T09:05:12","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/?p=22535"},"modified":"2022-06-01T09:05:12","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T15:05:12","slug":"june-2022-prayer-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/es\/prayer\/june-2022-prayer-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2022 Prayer Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/06-June-2022-Prayer-Letter-Web-Final.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-300x75.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button-600x150.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Download-Prayer-Letter-Button.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22539 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Worship-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On May 23-26 of this year 17 Friends who are exploring a call to missionary service and 13 missionary mentors met up at Quaker Ridge Camp in Colorado for the second annual Future Missionary Retreat. The first retreat was held a year ago at the same location. Six of the potential missionaries and 11 of the missionary mentors who came to this year\u2019s retreat were also at the first one.<\/p>\n<p>What regions\/yearly meetings did the potential missionaries come from?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seven came from Evangelical Friends Church-Eastern Region (EFC-ER)<\/li>\n<li>Seven came from Evangelical Friends Church-Mid America Yearly Meeting (EFC-MAYM)<\/li>\n<li>Two came from Friends Southwest (FSW)<\/li>\n<li>One came from Northwest Yearly Meeting (NWYM)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Most of these participants were young adults. A few of them are still in high school. It is so encouraging to see young people who are eager to serve the Lord and are seeking his direction for their lives!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22537 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-FMs-2-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Who were the missionary mentors?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ron and Carolyn Stansell who served in Bolivia under NWYM<\/li>\n<li>Dave and Cindy Aufrance who served in Hong Kong under OMS and with close ties to EFC-ER<\/li>\n<li>Gene and Myra Pickard who served in Guatemala under FSW<\/li>\n<li>Duane and Lois Davis who served in Honduras and El Salvador under FSW<\/li>\n<li>David Thomas who served in Rwanda under EFM and continues as EFM\u2019s Whole-Life Discipleship Mentor<\/li>\n<li>Edwin and Maria Giron who served in Mexico under EFM (Maria continues as EFM\u2019s Missions Mobilizer for Hispanic Friends)<\/li>\n<li>Dan Cammack who served in Peru under NWYM and is EFM\u2019s Field Director<\/li>\n<li>Matt Macy who serves as EFM\u2019s Director of Mobilization<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22538 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Girons-Sharing-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>All of the mentors spent time getting to know the potential missionaries and responding to their questions. Most of the mentors also gave workshops on topics like these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Discerning God\u2019s Will (Davises)<\/li>\n<li>Key Missions Principles and Practices (Stansells)<\/li>\n<li>Preparing to Be a Missionary (Pickards)<\/li>\n<li>Ministering Cross-Culturally (Aufrances)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Brad Carpenter, who serves with his family as EFM missionaries in Rwanda, was able to do a session of the retreat via Zoom. He shared their journey with God towards missions and explained how to do a timeline of that kind of journey. Afterwards the potential missionaries prepared timelines of their own and shared them in small groups with their mentors. Another EFM missionary, B. A., who serves in Nepal with his wife, D., was at Quaker Ridge and gave a message entitled, \u201cWhat God Has Taught me through the Years.\u201d It ended with a powerful time of prayer for all the potential missionaries.<\/p>\n<p>On the last day of the retreat all the potential missionaries and their mentors got to spend time with the EFM Board which was starting its first day of meetings. It was a great opportunity for board members to meet those who are seeking God\u2019s direction for their lives, and for the latter to meet those who may have a role in sending them out as missionaries someday. There was a good time of prayer and fellowship.<a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-22536 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EFM-May-2022-Future-Missionary-Retreat-Colorado-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table style=\"background-color: #c8ced6;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Here are some ways that you can be praying for the potential missionaries:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That God would continue to put the right people in their lives to help guide them in the discerning of his will for their lives.<\/li>\n<li>That they would continue to grow in their walk with the Lord and with the churches that they are part of.<\/li>\n<li>That they would have eyes to see and ears to hear what the Lord of the harvest is calling them to do (and where).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friendsmission.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/06-June-2022-Prayer-Letter-Web-Final.pdf\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 23-26 of this year 17 Friends who are exploring a call to missionary service and 13 missionary mentors met up at Quaker Ridge Camp in Colorado for the second annual Future Missionary Retreat. 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